How does Les describe Romans 10:17?
Romans 10:17 is a simple verse teaching that saving faith—the kind that needs nothing else—comes by hearing, not by works. It contrasts faith with the works of the law, stressing that hearing involves no work, and supports the truth that salvation is faith plus nothing.
Les calls Romans 10:17 a simple little verse. He highlights the phrase that faith comes by hearing and asks whether it says faith comes by works, answering no—it comes by hearing. He describes this as saving faith, the kind that needs nothing else. He notes there is no work in hearing, contrasting it with the works of the law, and connects it to Paul's argument that salvation is faith plus nothing, not law-keeping. He uses it to compare Scripture with Scripture, showing that receiving the Spirit came by the hearing of faith, not by works of the law.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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What does Romans 10:17 teach about how faith comes?
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing comes by the Word of God (Romans 10:17), so faith does not come from assumptions but from the specific word God speaks.